They should be calling the Sixers and trying to make a trade for Noel. GS has an abundance of shooters and no rim defenders. The Sixers have rim defenders and no shooting. Seems like a match meant to happen.

Problem is they have difficulty matching salary unless they’re sending one of their core guys.

I think Golden State will be fine and will probably still win the Finals anyway.

Van Gundy speaking very complimentary of Tim…21 points late in the 4th…career high

Long day for me. Went to PSU/Ind field hockey (3-2 win), PSU/Canisius hockey (4-1 win), then home to watch (with a lot help from my TiVo) PSU/Wis WVB (1-3 loss), Cubs/Indians BB (Cubs loss 0-1), and, ten hours later, have just finished catching Tim Frazier’s excellent game (double double with 21 pts, 10 assists) in a New Orleans loss.

New Orleans was actually in this game late. They took a lead early in the third quarter on driving layup by Frazier. Shortly thereafter he was called for a bogus foul on Curry (he earlier had gotten jobbed on a bad call on a Draymond Green charge where the refs said he was in the circle but replay showed him a whole foot out - even the announcers agree he didn’t commit a foul in either case). The Curry foul was his fourth so they had to sit him. While he was on the bench, GS pulled away, taking a 16 point lead. But after Tim came back in, they again closed, getting to within two possessions late.

Wow, Tim had a great second half. I gave up at halftime when he had 4 points. It looked like the entire team deferred to AD every time down the floor. Check out the box score, the rest of the starters were awful.

He was ballin’ last night, plain and simple, in spite of the bogus calls against him. The one knock on Tim in the NBA has been his scoring/shooting ability. Well, he’s making 57% of his shots in the first two games…and finishing on the dribble drive very well. Be interested to see how he does against an elite defender in Kawhi Leonard tonight, if he matches up with Tim, when the Pelicans face the Spurs.

I’m not sure the Pelicans were expecting to rely on Frazier as a complimentary scorer to Davis. I think a couple of their new guys are still finding their role on the team and eventually, Frazier’s scoring will go down a bit and his assists will go up.

BTW (and yes, realizing the tiny sample size), only two people are averaging the same or better in points/rebounds/assists as Frazier. James Harden and Lebron James.

I remember back in 2007-2008, when the Celtics got Garnett and Ray Allen. Boston had a great lineup, but during a broadcast, Steven Smith said that they had no Point Guard. When someone brought up that the current Point Guard was playing well, a new relatively obscure kid named Rajon Rondo, Steven A broke out into one of his famous rants…

“…Rajon Rondo!!! Come on !!! Rajon Rondo ??? You’re not going to win anything with with Rajon Rondo!!! They need a real Point Guard. …”

The rest is history. I remember how mockingly Steven A was pronouncing and dragging out the name ‘Ra-jon Ron-do’ during his rant.

I think it was on one of those ESPN columnist-type shows. I wish I had a link. I’m sure ESPN has done away with them.